A Dublin maternity hospital has apologised to a couple over the death of their two day old baby, six years ago.
The High Court heard Senan Dodd suffered catastrophic brain injury arising from the management of the birth in Mount Carmel in March 2008.
Mount Carmel and two consultant obstetricians have apologised for a fault in the management of Roberta Dodd’s labour which led to the death of her son.
Senan was born at the South Dublin hospital on March 28th, 2008 and died two days later.
The High Court heard consultants Dr Gerry Rafferty and Dr Valerie Donnelly ignored or failed to properly interpret the foetal heart rate recordings which led to an alleged delay in carrying out a caesarean section.
Senan was deprived of oxygen and suffered brain damage.
The apology was issued as part of an undisclosed settlement of the couple’s action for damages against the hospital and the medical practitioners.
